We wish that we could be California girls.....

After what felt like travelling for days, I finally made it to Los Angeles airport. I was seated in a row of four, between two toddlers!!! It was my personal idea of hell, lol. Can you imagine being sandwiched between two littlies who cry, scream, poo, throw up, cry some more for 12 hours with no escape.??? It was a relief to finally touch down. And then we had the hell of immigration. Now this is always bad at the best of times,  but 2 1/4 hrs, that was just frikkin unbelievable. I finally crawled through approx 2 secs before I lost the will to live.

When the shuttle dropped me outside the hotel, \I was a little worried as it looked like a really cheap hotel on the backstreets of Benidorm, but once inside I was quite surprised. The whole place has a vintage Moroccan theme and it is like living in a 70's Kasbah.!!! And kid ye not at the back there is an illuminated, coffin shaped swimming pool. I;ll try do some pics tomorrow.

Yesterday was quite relaxing and we ended up going out for Dinner with the Stampers anonymous team. We went to a Mexican , where the service was the most appalling I have ever encountered. Waiting for this, waiting for that, cold meals sent back, then sent back again. Waiting ages between courses, and them all coming out in the wrong order. We waited so long for desert to be offered to us that I purloined the pud from the table next to us. Don't

know what they were but OMG they were frikkin gorgeous dipped into some kind of fruit sauce. And tasting all the better for not paying for them!

On the plus side the table made guacamole was, simply to die for, so good we all ordered seconds, and the best rocks and salt Margaritas that I have had in a long long time.

so we have spent the day  setting up the booth, finishing off samples,

From left, Alain, Patti, Wendy and two SA girlies.

Ted Mr SA, Mario, Tim, Joy and Michelle (Mrs Stampers Anonymous)

Making the fresh guacamole.

How fabby does that look.?

And the stolen desert.!!!!!

Have spent the day setting up the booth, finishing off samples, making boards and generally having a fabulous time.!
I have taken plenty of video, just not sure how to upload them yet. Will have to wait till I get home and then Our Ben will sort it for me.
I took the next few shots of a certain someones booth being set up, do you think you can guess whose booth this is.??

That gorgeous broken doll - I want, I want, I want...

And how green, with envy, am I .?? What a fantastic show of hands, lol.

Right, need to sleep

Enjoy xx

ooh looked like it worked...

Sooooo am I sat here all smug and satisfied because I am packed and ready to go.????

What do you think..???

Am I frikk, lol.

I am sat in the middle of the living room surrounded by samples and clothes, knowing that there is something really important I am supposed to do.!! I am getting picked up for the airport in 3 hours. Aaaaaaargh..!!!

Ah well I can sleep on the plane.!!

I have been running round like the proverbial blue arsed fly all day and I seem to have suddenly run out of steam. But I didn't forget that I had promised you a technique video. So feast your eyes on this. Filmed on my iphone would you believe so the volume is not brilliant, but it was all done in one take, lol. I hope you enjoy it and have a go yourselves.




I showed it to my Tuesday night ladies and that was it, they sprayed and blotted all night long lol.

Here's a couple of Bezzie Su's backgrounds.

cool aren't they..?

I,d like to intoduce you to the work of some fans of Dylusions.

Conny  who loves my stuff and makes cool samples
Chrisg a fellow Northern Soulie. I have been meaning to post this link for 2 mths now.!! Luscious ledger journals.
Piddawinkle who has a fabby step by step journal page.
Laura who has been blogging her fabulous travel journal.

OK that's it , I really need to pack.

I'll try and blog as often as I can whilst I'm away.

See ya chickies xx

Exciting times on the |Ranger website...

Well it seemed you all loved the backgrounds on yesterday's post. I f you fancy having a go yourself then book yourself onto this CLASS where you will complete a similar version

I decided to decorate the front cover today with Perfect Pearls, colourwash, bead trim and a copy of one of my Journal pages copied onto Sticky back canvas.

I also did a few brighter backgrounds with Adirondack Dabbers and Colourwash

Here they are waiting to be coloured with Perfect Pearls mixed as paint

And I finished this bunch of canvas "inner girls". We all have lots of "inner girls" inside us that surface at times of stress, doubt and sheer blind panic. And they need to be reassured with calm soothing words. So these are slightly padded tags ( to be extra tactile), with my inner girl on one side and a reassuring quote on the other. Done 12 so far and ideas for tons more, lol.

They are made from stiff,primed canvas and sprayed with Adirondack colourwash and Perfect Pearl Mists. Stamped with Dylusions and padded

Here's what my inner girl should be feeling

So why is it feeling like this instead...?

Think I will have to tuck this one into my hand luggage!!

Cool eh. This will also be a class in the next Workshop brochure.

The lovely Kinky Kate from my design team came round to pay her dues today and made a few samples for me. Gorgeous or what.?

I ran up a new collage at the last minute and have used the artwork for my new business card.

Every year I get a one of the most coveted item of clothing ever to own. Yes it's the Ranger Pinny. An extremely much wanted it. And every year I alter it a bit my way.!! lol  This is how it is starting out this time.
A copy of the business card printed onto \sticky back canvas and then sewn onto the pinny.

Me and Our Ben are going to have a little experiment in the morning at doing you a little techniques dvd. I want to show you this really cool technique to achieve the similar "ghosting" effect of the following couple of pis

And these very sorry state of affairs are my nails, would you believe..??? How bad is that. I can only put it down to the speed of which I have been working !!

AND NOW FOR THE BIG NEWS.

DRUM ROLL PLEASE

If you go to Ranger Industries website and click on this link, you will see.

Yup they are distributing my stamps for me in The USA.

FREAKING WARMS YOUR LITTLE HEART, WELL MINE, ANYWAY...!!!

I nearly frikkin wet myself when I saw it a couple of days ago.

This is what it reads

Dyan Reaveley "Dylusions" Stamps
by Stampers Anonymous

Creative stamps from the Dyan Reaveley Dylusions collection . Dyan is a Ranger Senior Educator. Stamps designed by Dyan Reaveley, distributed by Ranger, and manufactured by Stampers Anonymous.


YAYY AND FRIKKIN YAYY

You will also be able to see previews of the rest of the Ranger families stamp releases or catch them on their blogs.

Signature Designer Claudine Hellmuth
Creative Director Tim Holtz
Senior Educator Wendy Vecchi

Need to get some sleep ready for a loooooooooong day tomorrow and then it's away I fly.

Enjoy xx

Feast your eyes on this little lot...!!!

So you can't sleep, whats a girl got to do..???

That's right start more samples...

But could it be just a little one..???

Oh no it has to be a whole frikkin journal full, lol.

I decided I would make a few backgrounds ready for demoing at CHA and I went a bit mad and completed the journal. ALL 40 pages of it.. Ah well if a job's worth doing and all that.

All I used were, Adirondack Dabbers, Adirondack Colorwash, Perfect Pearl Mists, Dylusions stamps and various stencils and masks.

Are you ready..???

Enjoy xx